A Bad Case of the Flu
By David Wesley Hill Image by Virrage Images When I woke up that morning, I wasn’t there. Although I didn’t know it at the time, and didn’t find out until later, I wasn’t anywhere. I’m always groggy at… Continue Reading
Science Fiction
No Virtue in Virtuality
By Mark Everglade and Joseph Hurtgen Image by GrandeDuc A croc exhaled at a nearby table, streaming a rainbow mist worthy of a Lucky Charms cereal box. A feathered woman sat next to me close enough to scrape… Continue Reading
The Gods in the Wire
By Steven Lombardi Image by ConceptCafe Louis’s hearing returned in waves. As his ears sharpened, the chamber’s alarms intensified until his skull thrummed. His eyes snapped open and saw nothing. He searched desperately for the light above his… Continue Reading
Prayers of the God-Fearing
By Malena Salazar Maciá Translated by Toshiya Kamei Image by GrandeDuc “Aren’t we going down?” Micaela asked. “No,” Vero answered, unfazed. “It’s an abandoned planet. Our protocol requires us to send the probes to—” “—check temperature, oxygen levels,… Continue Reading
Drainage
By Kajetan Kwiatkowski Image by Sergey Chirkov Will left his ground floor apartment and breathed in the rotten air. Two years ago, he would’ve thrown up on the spot, it had been impossible to stomach the indescribable sewer… Continue Reading
I Hate to Tell You
By Dustin Engstrom Image by Peshkova “I hate to tell you,” said Dr. Clay, “but I don’t think you’re a real person.” “I’m sorry?” said the patient. She sat on a paper-lined exam table facing the doctor, who… Continue Reading
Broken Glass
By Enoch Daniel Image By MrVander The beer tasted just like a first beer should on an August afternoon. The thermometer outside the kitchen window read ninety-six. Jeff stared at the walls of his crummy, little house. He… Continue Reading
Taking the Dark
By Keith ‘Doc’ Raymond Image by Pavel Chagochkin “Where there is light, there must be shadow, where there is shadow, there must be light. There is no shadow without light and no light without shadow…” Haruki Murakami, 1Q84.… Continue Reading
Selfless
By C. Winspear Image by Nataliya Turpitko You feel no body, no pincers, no beard, no big blue belly, only anger. Senator Nguyen is an old hag who believes there isn’t space for you, reality is full, and… Continue Reading
The Weekends Last Forever
By K.A. Liedel Image by Bruce Rolff “I wanted to open this intake meeting with a little story about the gulag,” Jerry says. Because of course he does. Jerry is the kind of guy who’s intellectually curious enough… Continue Reading